SOLUTION: How do I identify the slope Y = 3x + 5

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Question 826571: How do I identify the slope
Y = 3x + 5
Found 2 solutions by rothauserc, rfer:
Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
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standard form for a line is y = mx +b where m is the slope and b is the y intercept,
for the equation Y = 3x + 5, the slope is 3, we can see this from its graph
+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-6%2C+6%2C+-6%2C+6%2C+3x+%2B5%29+
strictly speaking, the slope is a fraction, in our case it is 3/1 and this tells us that to find a point on the line from a given point on the same line we move 3 positive grid points from the given y coordinate and 1 positive grid point from the given x coordinate

Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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y=mx+b
m=slope
slope m=3 or 3/1